Dell and Palantir to join S&P 500; shares of both jump
In the quarterly rebalancing of the S&P 500, tech companies Dell and Palantir were added to the benchmark index.
Bitcoin and ether head for second week of losses: CNBC Crypto World
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European stocks end week down 2.5%, worst since early August slump
European stocks closed lower Friday afternoon, paring earlier gains after a weaker than expected U.S. jobs report clouded global sentiment.
August payrolls grew by a less-than-expected 142,000, but unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2%
Nonfarm payrolls were expected to expand by 161,000 in August while the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%.
Honor looks to get ahead of Apple in China with its own AI assistant
The upgraded AI agent from Honor will look to compete with the likes of Samsung’s Bixby and Apple’s Siri.
Trump is no threat to U.S. democracy, according to historian Niall Ferguson
“The system contained Trump’s impulses in 2020, 2021, successfully, and I think it would contain them again,” Ferguson said.
Britain needs extra $1.3 trillion investment for economic growth, report says
Britain needs an additional one trillion pounds ($1.3 trillion) in investment in the next decade to grow the economy, a report said on Friday.
AI craze is distorting VC market, as tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon pour in billions of dollars
With the biggest companies in the world throwing billions of dollars at generative AI startups, traditional VCs are struggling to find their place in the boom.
Telegram CEO says French charges against him are ‘misguided’ — read his full statement
The boss of controversial messaging platform Telegram said late Thursday that charges against him by France are “misguided.”
Hungary’s Orbán says election of new EU Commission ‘neglected’ the desire for change
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the previous European Commission was unsuccessful and it’s not clear the new Commission will be any different. “I try to support the Commission as much as I can, but being a rational man, I think we neglected …
